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1928
1964
1975
1986
1987
1987 - current
1988
1993
1997
2000
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
- Aunty Connie
- Call me Mum
- Ceremony – The Djungguwan of Northeast Arnhem Land
- Dancing With The Prime Minister
- Island Fettlers
- Jindabyne
- Kanyini
- La Perouse Panthers
- My Brother Vinnie
- Shifting Shelter 3
- Stone Country
- Sunset To Sunrise
- Ten Canoes
- The Balanda and the Bark Canoes
- Why me? - Stories from the Stolen Generations
2007
- A Sister's Love
- Aboriginal Rules
- Back Seat (Backseat)
- Between The Lines: The Initiation Of Adam Hill
- Bit of Black Business
- Bloodlines
- Bollywood Dreaming
- Bungalung
- Courting with Justice
- Crocodile Dreaming
- Custard
- Days Like These
- Destiny in Alice
- Done Dirt Cheap
- Hush
- Jackie Jackie
- Jarlmadangah
- Kwatye
- Liyarn Ngarn
- Mad Morro
- Nana
- Nigger Lovers
- Sacred Ground
- September
- Sharpeye
- Spirit Stones
- Storytime
- The Circuit
- The Turtle
- Think About It
- Tnorala – Baby Falling
- Too Late
- Two Big Boys
- Vote Yes for Aborigines
- Wanja: Warrior Dog
- When Colin met Joyce
- When the Natives Get Restless
- Who Paintin' Dis Wandjina?
2008
2009
- Aunty Maggie & The Womba Wakgun
- Barngngrnn Marrangu Story
- Blowback
- Bourke Boy
- Contact
- Daniel's 21st
- Dreamland
- Emily In Japan
- From The Ashes
- In a League Of Their Own
- Jacob
- Karlu Karlu - Devil's Marbles
- Lani's Story
- Making Samson & Delilah
- Meeting Ms Right
- My Home The Block
- My Uncle Bluey
- Nia's Melancholy
- Nundhirribala's Dream
- Old Country New Country
- Ralph
- Samson & Delilah
- Stone Bros.
- The Farm
- The Party Shoes
- Yajilarra
2010
- Among Us
- Art + Soul
- Big Fella
- Boxing For Palm Island
- Bran Nue Dae (Brand new day)
- Everything Looks Beautiful
- Eye
- Here I Am
- Intervention – 2 Years On
- Keeper
- Nin's Brother
- Nothing Rhymes with Ngapartji
- On the Edge
- Our Generation
- Pemulwuy: A War of Two Laws (Part 1 & 2)
- Tales From The Daly: 'Nauiyu Nambiyu'
- The Extraordinary Tale Of William Buckley
- Three Boys Dreaming
- Through Our Eyes
2011
2012
- Ace of Spades
- Australia's Lost Generation: Aboriginal Youth Suicide
- Big Boss: The Last Leader of the Crocodile Islands
- Coniston
- Croker Island Exodus
- Dance Free
- Gamarada
- Karrabing! Low Tide Turning
- Mabo
- Maralinga Pieces
- Outback United
- Queen of the Desert
- Redfern Now (Series 1)
- Satellite Boy
- The Sapphires
- The Straits
- The Tombstone Opening
- Yagan
2013
- Aboriginal Heart
- Around the Block
- Away From Country Season 1
- Big Name No Blanket
- Buckskin
- Charlie's Country
- First Footprints
- Heritage Fight
- Lurujarri Dreaming
- Mystery Road
- Northern Lights
- Our Footprint (Series 1)
- Redfern Now (Series 2)
- Ringbalin - Breaking the Drought
- Standing on Sacred Ground
- The Darkside
- The Gods of Wheat Street
- The Turning: Big World
- Utopia
2014
- 88
- A Silent Shout: The Nicky Winmar Story
- Ailan Kastom
- Black Panther Woman
- Dark Whispers
- First Contact
- High Tide
- How Do We Get To Space: Love Punks and Satellite Sisters
- Innocence Betrayed
- King's Seal
- Maap Mordak
- Message From Mungo
- Milpirri: Winds Of Change
- Our Footprint (Series 2)
- Ringtone
- Talking Language with Ernie Dingo
- The Redfern Story
- Vote Yes
- When the Dogs Talked
- Who We Are: Brave New Clan
2015
- 8MMM Aboriginal Radio
- Another Country
- Black Comedy (Season 1)
- Bluey
- Bulunu Milkarri
- Express Yourself
- Footprints
- Karroyul (Returning)
- Man Real
- Men Don't Cry
- Naji
- Nan and a Whole Lot of Trouble
- Nulla Nulla
- On Stage
- Our Footprint (Series 3)
- Prison Songs
- Promise Me
- Putuparri And The Rainmakers
- Ready For This
- Septembers of Shiraz
- Shadows of Displacement
- Songlines On Screen
- Spear
- Star Stories of The Dreaming
- Still Our Country - Reflections on a Culture
- Summer Blues
- The Drover's Boy
- The Secret River
- Three Sisters: Women Of High Degree
- Under Skin, In Blood
- Waging Peace
- Windjarrameru (The Stealing C*nt$)
- Yolngu Homeland
- You Turn
2016
2017
- After The Apology
- Angels Gather Here
- Blight
- Brown Lips
- Cleverman Season 2
- Connection to Country
- Don't Call Me Beautiful
- Finding Mawiranga
- Gurrumul
- In My Own Words
- Jasper Jones
- Kiki and Kitty (Series 1)
- Last Drinks at Frida's
- Little J & Big Cuz (Series 1)
- Making a Mark
- Marrimarrigun
- Namatjira Project
- Never Stop Riding
- Occupation: Native
- Sweet Country
- The Protectors
- The Saltwater Story
- The Song Keepers
- The Warriors
- Ward One
- We Don't Need A Map
- Wrong Kind of Black
2018
- ASIO Makes a Movie
- Aussie Bush Tales Series
- Black As (Series 1) copy
- Black Comedy (Season 3)
- Black Divaz
- Carriberrie
- Emu Runner
- Etched in Bone
- Firekeepers of Kakadu
- Grace Beside Me (Series 1)
- Laka
- Mystery Road (TV series, Season 1)
- Niminjarra Songline
- Ranger To Ranger
- She Who Must Be Loved
- Spin Out
- Teach a Man to Fish
- Thalu: Dreamtime is Now
- The Nightingale
- Transblack (Season 1)
- Truth Be Told: Lest We Forget
- Undermined: Tales From The Kimberley
- Undiscovered Country
- Westwind: Djalu's Legacy
- Wik vs Queensland
- Yulubidyi (Until the End)
- Ŋambi
2019
- Black Comedy (Season 4)
- Blue Water Empire
- Closed Doors
- Dark Place
- Elders
- Future Dreaming
- Homeland Story
- In My Blood It Runs
- Journey West (Buwarrala Aryah)
- KGB
- Little J & Big Cuz (Series 2)
- Not Just Numbers
- Robbie Hood (Season 1)
- Shed
- Storykeepers
- Tayamangajirri (Night Patrol)
- The Australian Dream
- The Beach
- The Final Quarter
- The Kimberley Man
- Ties That Bind
- Too Pretty To Be Aboriginal
- Top End Wedding
- Total Control (Series 1)
- Totem & Ore
- Virtual Whadjuk VR
- Warburdar Bununu: Water Shield
- Will Australia Ever Have a Black Prime Minister?
2020
- 50 Shades of Black (Girl)
- Ablaze
- Alick and Albert
- Black As – We're Back (Series 2) copy
- Chicken
- Cooked
- Djuwaḻpada
- Faboriginal (Season 1)
- Freeman
- Gifts of the Maarga
- High Ground
- Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky
- Maralinga Tjarutja
- Marni
- My Family Matters
- Mystery Road (TV series, Season 2)
- Ngumpin Kartiya
- Our Law
- Remaking the Pathway
- Thalu
- The Moogai
- The Skin of Others
- Wirun
2021
- All My Friends Are Racist
- Araatika! Rise Up (The Fight Together)
- Copping it Black
- Dark Matter Don’t Matter
- Djaambi
- Firebite
- Firestarter – The Story of Bangarra
- First Wars
- Fist of Fury Noongar Daa
- History Bites Back
- Incarceration Nation
- Invasion of the Killer Natives
- Mungo
- My Name is Gulpilil
- Namarali
- Off Country (working title)
- Pemulwuy
- Preppers
- Sing About This Country
- The Bowraville Murders
- The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
- The Fight Together
- The Ripple Effect
- Thou Shalt Not Steal
- Total Control (Series 1)
- Uluru And The Magician
- Wash My Soul In The River’s Flow
- White Noise
2022
- 6LACK1DZ
- 6LACK1DZ copy
- 6LACK1DZ copy
- 6LACK1DZ copy
- Barrumbi Kids
- Black As - Season 4
- Black Empire: Curious Australia
- Countryman
- Dark Emu
- Finding Jedda copy
- Harley & Katya
- Keeping Hope
- Kuringal
- Larapinta
- Long Black
- Mystery Road (TV series, Season 2) copy
- No Offence
- Shiny One copy
- Still We Rise
- Sweet As
- The Australian Wars
- The Lake of Scars
- The Last Daughter
- True Colours
- War & Order
- We are still here
2023
2024
